"I use my Comp. Lit degree every day. In fact, just yesterday I was telling a colleague how the close study of texts taught me a disciplined...

"I've often had occasion to think back fondly on my variegated comp. lit. major at Dartmouth (German, music, some French and Italian...

"I loved my Comp Lit major." I worked with Peter Bien on a thesis on Joyce and Mann — a terrific professor whom I still correspond with....

"For me, comparative literature was a direct springboard to a career that I have found intellectually stimulating." I was torn between...

"For me it was a life choice, not a career choice. I chose Comp Lit because it allowed me to delve into all the Big Questions; because it...

"Education comes of course from the Latin “to lead out of darkness” into the light of the truth, which is exactly what the original...

"My more general experience as a comp lit at Dartmouth major has been invaluable in preparing me for academic work; writing the thesis was...

Nancy Kricorian, '82 (wrote in July of 2008), is a writer and political activist. She has published two novels (ZABELLE and DREAMS OF BREAD...